ReviewCancers2023
Combination Therapy of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors with Locoregional Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
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- Current status and challenges of immune checkpoint inhibitors in liver cancer: from monotherapy to combination strategies.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2026Review
- Clinical application of cytokine-induced killer cells in cancer immunotherapy.Cancer cell international · 2026Review
- Inhibition of RBPJ transcription complex promotes IL-17 and IFN-γ secretion by CD4⁺ T cells in hepatocellular carcinoma.Archives of pharmacal research · 2025Article
- The Role of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Cancer Therapy: Mechanism and Therapeutic Advances.MedComm · 2025Review
- Price Analysis of Systemic Therapies and Transarterial Radioembolization for Treatment of Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma.Journal of market access & health policy · 2025Article
- Conversion resection of initially unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma associated with steatohepatitis through hepatic artery infusion chemotherapy-transarterial chemoembolization and systemic therapy: a case report.Journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2025Article
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- The Synergistic Mechanisms and Prospects of Transarterial Chemoembolization Combined with Immunotherapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma.Journal of hepatocellular carcinoma · 2025Review
- Glucagon-like Peptide 1 Receptor Agonists in Cardio-Oncology: Pathophysiology of Cardiometabolic Outcomes in Cancer Patients.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- CYP2E1 deficit mediates cholic acid-induced malignant growth in hepatocellular carcinoma cells.Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2024Article
- Immune checkpoint inhibitors in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Review
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Abstract
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is estimated to be the fourth leading cause of cancer-related deaths globally, and its overall prognosis is dismal because most cases are diagnosed at a late stage and are unamenable to curative treatment. The emergence of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) has dramatically improved the therapeutic efficacy for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma; however, their response rates remain unsatisfactory, partly because >50% of HCC exhibit an ICI-nonresponsive tumor microenvironment characterized by a paucity of cytotoxic T cells (immune-cold), as well as difficulty in their infiltration into tumor sites (immune excluded). To overcome this limitation, combination therapies with locoregional therapies, including ablation, transarterial embolization, and radiotherapy, which are usually used for early stage HCCs, have been actively explored to enhance ICI efficacy by promoting the release of tumor-associated antigens and cytokines, and eventually accelerating the so-called cancer-immunity cycle. Various combination therapies have been investigated in early- to late-phase clinical trials, and some have shown promising results. This comprehensive article provides an overview of the immune landscape for HCC to understand ICI efficacy and its limitations and, subsequently, reviews the status of combinatorial therapies of ICIs with locoregional therapy for HCC.
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